Pieter Coetze (born 13 May 2004) is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the

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and

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100 metre backstroke and short course 50 metre backstroke. At the

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, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke, the silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke, and the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he competed in ten events, including winning the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medals in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and the 4×100 metre medley relay, as well as a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay.

Career

For the 2019 World Junior Championships, held at

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in August, Coetze placed ninth in the 50 metre backstroke, tenth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, 15th in the mixed 4×100 metre medley relay, 27th in the 100 metre backstroke, and 29th in the 200 metre backstroke.

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(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 21 May 2022. In the 100 metre backstroke preliminary heats at the

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, Japan, he placed 24th with a time of 54.05 seconds."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke"
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''. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Later in the year, at the 2021 Swimming World Cup stop in

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in October, and conducted in

metres, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke with a 1:52.09, in the 50 metre backstroke in a time of 23.13 seconds, in the 100 metre backstroke in 50.86 seconds, placed fifth in the 100 metre individual medley, and placed 12th in the 50 metre butterfly.

(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

2022 South Africa National Championships

At the South Africa National Swimming Championships in April 2022, Coetze swam a time of 53.96 seconds in the 100 metre backstroke in the prelims heats, achieving a qualifying time for both the

and

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before going on to win the gold medal and national title in the final.Race, Retta (6 April 2022)
"Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 April 2022."Coetzé and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games"
'' SuperSport''. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022. He achieved another qualifying time on the third day, this time in the 50 metre backstroke, winning the gold medal with a 24.74. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022)
"National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3"
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''. Retrieved 8 April 2022. Leading off the 4×50 metre freestyle relay on the fourth day, Coetze secured a qualification time in a third individual event, the 50 metre freestyle, with a time of 22.15 seconds.Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022)
"18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs"
'' News24''. Retrieved 9 April 2022. With a time of 22.34 seconds in the final of the 50 metre freestyle on day five, he won the national title and gold medal in the event, narrowly finishing ahead of

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by less than two-tenths of a second.Isaacson, David (10 April 2022)
"Beaten Brad Tandy hands sprint baton to young Pieter Coetzé"
'' The Herald''. Retrieved 10 April 2022. On the sixth and final day of competition, he attained a fourth qualification in a time trial, swimming a 1:56.92 in the 200 metre backstroke.Isaacson, David (11 April 2022)
"King Matt gathers the crowns, speedy Pieter the qualifying times"
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''. Retrieved 11 April 2022. He was named to the World Championships team in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and 200 metre backstroke."Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships"
''

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''. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022. The following month, he was named to the 2022 Commonwealth Games swim team.du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022)
"Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad"
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''. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

2022 Commonwealth Games

Ranking first in the preliminaries of the 100 metre backstroke on day one of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held starting in July in

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, Coetze qualified for the semifinals of the event over half a second faster than second-ranked Brodie Williams of

with his time of 53.91 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. In the semifinals, he qualified for the final ranking first with a time of 53.67 seconds and was the only swimmer to finish the race in less than 54 seconds out of both semifinal heats."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. He won the gold medal in the final with a time of 53.78 seconds, marking the second gold medal for

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at the 2022 Commonwealth Games."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.Jonckheere, Karien (30 July 2022)
"Golden double for SA swimmers in Birmingham"
'' SuperSport''. Retrieved 30 July 2022.Taylor, Craig (30 July 2022)
"Van Niekerk, Coetze claim SA's first gold medals of Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. Retrieved 30 July 2022. In the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke the following morning, he was the only swimmer to achieve a time faster than 25 seconds, finishing in a time of 24.95 seconds and ranking first heading into the semifinals."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. Later in the same session, he placed sixteenth in the prelims heats of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals before withdrawing from further competition in the event."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. He lowered his time by 0.14 seconds in the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke to a 24.81, ranked first, and qualified for the event's final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Backstroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. In the final, he finished 0.12 seconds behind gold medalist Andrew Jeffcoat of

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with a 24.77 to win the silver medal."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. Later in the same finals session, he anchored the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a 1:49.86 to help achieve a sixth-place finish in 7:13.76."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022."Coetze, Gallagher claim silver as Team SA finish off stellar day at Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. On day five, Coetze ranked fourth in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke, qualifying for the evening final with a time of 1:58.08."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022."Sprinter Akani Simbine qualifies for second round of 100m at Commonwealth Games"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. In the final, he swam a personal best time of 1:56.77 and won the bronze medal."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022."Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Later in the session, he swam a personal best time of 53.42 seconds for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, to help finish fourth in an African record and South African record time of 3:44.38."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

2022 World Junior Championships

On 28 June, Coetze was named to the official South Africa roster for the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in August and September in

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."Team Announcement – 8th FINA Junior World Swimming Championships"
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''. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022. On the morning of day one, he qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke, ranking second with a time of 53.93 seconds in the preliminaries.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. Later in the prelims session, he led off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a personal best time of 49.75 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking seventh.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. In the evening session, he started by setting an African record, South African record, and Championships record with a personal best time of 52.95 seconds in the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke to qualify for the final ranking first.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 30 August 2022.Lohn, John (30 August 2022)
"World Junior Championships: Pieter Coetze Sets African Record in Semifinals of 100 Backstroke; Mio Narita Rolls in 400 IM"
''

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''. Retrieved 30 August 2022."Golden finish for Coetzé at World Junior Swimming Championships"
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''. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022. For the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, he equalled his lead-off time of 49.75 seconds from the preliminaries, helping achieve a sixth-place finish in 3:24.09.

(30 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 30 August 2022. The following morning, in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre butterfly, he was disqualified for a 15 metre mark violation off of his start, that is, kicking underwater further than 15 metres after his dive.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

(31 August 2022)
"Day 2 , Morning Session , Heats , 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022"
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''. Retrieved 31 August 2022. For the preliminaries of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, he helped advance the relay to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 53.94 for the backstroke leg of the relay and contributing to a time of 4:01.18.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 31 August 2022. Later in the day, he won the silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a 52.99 and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 53.31 for the backstroke portion and contributing to the final mark of 3:58.58.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 31 August 2022. As the only competitor under 25 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke on day three, Coetze qualified for the semifinals ranking first with a time of 24.95 seconds.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. For his second morning event, he swam a 49.85 for the lead-off leg of the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping qualify for the final ranking fourth with a time of 3:36.82.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. In the evening, he ranked first in the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke with a personal best time of 24.58 seconds, breaking the former Championships record of 24.63 established in 2017 by Michael Andrew of the

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, and advancing to the final.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Backstroke Semifnals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 1 September 2022.Kaufman, Sophie (1 September 2022)
"Pieter Coetze Downs Boys' 50 Backstroke World Juniors CR In 24.58"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. A little over 45 minutes later, he helped place seventh in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, leading off with a time of 49.88 to contribute to a final time of 3:37.32.

(1 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 1 September 2022. The next day, he ranked fourth in the morning preliminaries of the 50 metre butterfly and qualified for the semifinals with a time of 24.36 seconds.

(2 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Before the start of the evening session, he withdrew from the 50 metre butterfly; in the session itself, he won the silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 24.61 seconds, finishing only behind

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(2 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

(2 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 2 September 2022. In the preliminaries of his eighth event of the Championships, the 100 metre freestyle, on day five, Coetze tied for fourth rank overall with a time of 50.09, which was 1.42 seconds behind first-ranked

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and qualified him for the semifinals.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 3 September 2022. Before the start of the competition in the semifinals, he withdrew from the event.

(3 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 3 September 2022. Starting the sixth and final day in his ninth event, he ranked second in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke behind Hidekazu Takehara of Japan with a 2:01.69 and qualified for the final.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 September 2022. Later in the morning, he split a 56.80 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay, his tenth event, contributing to a time of 3:50.36, which qualified the relay to the final ranking eighth.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 September 2022. In the evening final for the 200 metre backstroke, he won the gold medal with a personal best time of 1:56.05, which set a new Championships record in the event, lowering the record over six-tenths of a second from the former mark of 1:56.69 set in 2017 by Hugo González of

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(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 September 2022.Dornan, Ben (4 September 2022)
"Pieter Coetze Closes Out World Juniors With 1:56.05 200 Backstroke Meet Record"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 4 September 2022. Concluding his competition at the Championships, he split a 53.66 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final to help win the silver medal with a final time of 3:42.95.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

For his first event in the morning session on day one of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in

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, Australia, Coetze ranked ninth in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre backstroke with a personal best time of 50.26 seconds and qualified for the semifinals.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. He finished in an African and South African record time of 49.85 seconds in the semifinals, which qualified him to the final ranking sixth.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022."Golden start for Sates at World Short Course Championships in Melbourne"
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''. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022. Improving the African record by 0.25 seconds to 49.60 seconds in the final, he placed fourth.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 14 December 2022."Swimming championships , Coetze breaks African record"
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''. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022."African record for Coetzé as Van Niekerk powers into breaststroke final"
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''. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022."Coetze and Le Clos narrowly miss out on World Champs medals"
'' The Citizen''. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022. In his first preliminary on day three, for the 50 metre backstroke, he achieved a personal best time of 23.01 seconds and qualified for the semifinals ranking third.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. In his second preliminary, he anchored the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a 21.75 to help place twelfth with a time of 1:29.27.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. Swimming 0.15 seconds faster in the evening semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke, he achieved a new personal best time of 22.86 seconds and qualified for the final ranking fourth overall.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. The following morning, he placed fortieth in the 50 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 21.68 seconds.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Isaacson, David (16 December 2022)
"Human error costs Pieter Coetzé possible medal at world champs"
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''. Retrieved 22 December 2022. On the evening of day four, he set a new African record in the final of the 50 metre backstroke with a personal best time of 22.84 seconds, with which he took fifth place.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Jonckheere, Karien (16 December 2022)
"African records for Coetzé and Meder in Melbourne"
'' SuperSport''. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Coetze reiterated a sub-23 second performance in the 50 metre backstroke for the lead-off of the 4×50 metre medley relay, swimming the segment in 22.96 seconds to help place fourteenth with a time of 1:37.14.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. On the final morning of the competition, he placed tenth in the 200 metre backstroke, his sixth event, with a time of 1:51.51.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

2023

On the first morning of competition at the 2023 South Africa National Championships, held in Gqeberha in April, Coetze achieved a time of 53.18 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre backstroke, which marked a qualifying time for the evening final and the

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. He improved upon his qualifying time in the evening final, winning the gold medal with a personal best time of 52.78 seconds that broke his African and South African records in the event. SwimSA TV (12 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 1"
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''. Retrieved 12 April 2023."Campionati Sudafrica. Giorno 1. Pieter Coetze: 100 dorso (52.78) Rec Africa. Tatjana Schoenmaker: 100 rana (1.05.82)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023. The following morning, he swam a personal best time of 24.52 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke, qualifying for the evening final. SwimSA TV (13 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 2"
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''. Retrieved 13 April 2023. Later in the day, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a personal best and World Championships qualifying time of 24.36 seconds and a gold medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay with a relay time of 3:31.62. SwimSA TV (13 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 2 Finals"
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''. Retrieved 13 April 2023."Campionati Sudafrica. Giorno 2. Pieter Coetze: 50 dorso (24.35). Chad Le Clos: 200 farfalla (1.56.05)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023. In the evening finals session on day three, he won the silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 49.19 seconds, finishing behind gold medalist

Chad le Clos Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short ...

and ahead of bronze medalist Matthew Sates. SwimSA TV (14 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 3 Finals"
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''. Retrieved 14 April 2023. He won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle on day four with a time of 22.30 seconds in the final after a first-ranked final-qualifying time of 22.18 seconds in the preliminaries. SwimSA TV (15 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 4 Finals"
(time stamp, 23:56 to 27:57). ''

''. Retrieved 15 April 2023."Campionati Sudafrica. Giorno 4. Chad Le Clos: 100 farfalla (51.37). Lara van Niekerk: 50 rana (29.78)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023. On the fifth and final day, Coetze achieved a time of 24.28 seconds in the 50 metre butterfly preliminaries before withdrawing from further competition in the event. SwimSA TV (16 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 5 Heats"
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''. Retrieved 16 April 2023. In the evening, he won the gold medal and national title in the 200 metre backstroke with a World Championships qualifying time of 1:56.66. SwimSA TV (16 April 2023)
"SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 5 Finals"
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''. Retrieved 16 April 2023."Conclusi i Campionati del Sudafrica. Giorno 5. Pieter Coetze: 200 dorso (1.56.66). Roland Schoeman: 50 farfalla (23.83)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Coetze has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Pieter Coetze: Medals"
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''. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Awards and honours

* SA Sports Award,

Sportsman of the Year Since its inception in 1954, ''Sports Illustrated'' has annually presented the Sportsman of the Year award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Amer ...

: 2022"Swimming South Africa celebrates top achievers at SA Sports Awards"
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''. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coetze, Pieter 2004 births Living people South African male swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pretoria 21st-century South African people Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games